The second virtual consultation on the development of the AIP Water Investment Scorecard took place on 16 September 2021, under the leadership of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), and supported by Global Water Partnership Africa.
These Country Briefs explore how integrated water resources management at a country level contributes to climate resilience and sustainable development, as well as meeting the commitments under the Paris Agreement and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Country Water Partnership for Cameroon (GWP-Cmr) is hiring a consultant to conduct an end-of-phase evaluation of the implementation of the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Cameroon.
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The Global Water Partnership Cameroon (GWP-Cmr) is hiring an assistant consultant to support the implementation of field activities of the fluoride project in the Far North region of Cameroon.
Photographs of women walking down dirt roads with jugs of water on their heads – cast in roles as water carriers instead of water managers – is not yet a thing of the past. A new report launching on 16 September shows progress has been slow and the management of this vital resource is still male dominated.
How well is the world managing its water resources? To answer that question, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with the UNEP-DHI Centre and Global Water Partnership (GWP), have analysed the responses from 186 countries to the survey instrument on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.5.1 – the degree of implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – showing that the world as a whole has advanced from 49% in 2017 to 54% in 2020. While this does show definite progress, 107 countries are currently not on track to meet the target of implementing IWRM by 2030, and to reach the global goal, the current rate of implementation would need to at least double.
M. Chi Napoleon Forpah est le coordinateur du Watershed Task Group (WTG) au Cameroun. Dans cette interview, il décrit leur travail et leur collaboration avec GWP.
El viernes 10 de septiembre finalizó un curso dirigido y coordinado por Cap Net Argentina, con el acompañamiento del Foro Argentino del Agua/ GWP Argentina y de la Dirección Nacional de Gestión Ambiental del Agua y los Ecosistemas Acuáticos.
The World Bank and Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe are organising an online workshop on 20-21 September to tackle water scarcity and droughts which are amongs the most tangible and devastating consequences of the climate crisis.
